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Geektown Radio 221: Mr. Robot, American Horror Story & The Politician Composer Mac Quayle, TV News, Film News & UK Air Dates!, TV News, Film News & UK Air Dates!
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On the Geektown Radio podcast this week I am joined by Bex from TristaBytes to chat through the usual weekly tv, film and gaming news, plus a look at the next week on tv. We also have an exclusive interview with Mac Quayle, Ryan Murphy's "go-to" composer for a host of series from the recently released Netflix show 'The Politician', to 'American Horror Story', to 'Pose'. He also writes the music for Sam Esmail's brilliant 'Mr. Robot' which returns for the fourth and final season this week.
'The Politician', which stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange and Ben Platt, follows Payton Hobart, a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, who has dreamed of becoming president of the United States since the age of 7 but must first navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School.
Aside from 'The Politician', Mac scores returning Golden Globe-winning suspense-thriller 'Mr. Robot', starring Christian Slater and Rami Malek, for which he won an Emmy in 2016. He also works on 'American Horror Story', for which he received his first Emmy nomination on his score on 'American Horror Story: Freak Show', along with 80s NYC ball scene drama, 'Pose', and procedural drama '9-1-1' which he co-composes with Todd Haberman.
In 2017, he received two Emmy nominations for his main title and score in Ryan Murphy’s hit series, 'Feud: Bette and Joan', starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. The same year, Quayle received his second consecutive World Soundtrack Award nomination for his work on 'Feud: Bette and Joan', 'Mr. Robot' and 'Scream Queens', starring Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis. His other past credits include 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story', starring Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez, Ricky Martin and Darren Criss, and the Emmy-winning 'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story', starring John Travolta, Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Geektown Radio Episode 432: Star Wars Outlaws, That ’90s Show, Rings of Power, Only Murders Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!
53:38|We return with episode 432 of the Geektown Radio podcast and Robert from Entertainment Talk joins Dave as guest co-host to chat TV, film and games news & reviews!As Robert co-hosts Gaming Talk over on Entertainment Talk, chat this week is a little more gaming heavy, but given there has been a big game release with 'Star Wars Outlaws', that's no bad thing! Dave has been playing through it so gives us a review, whilst they also discuss the state of AAA game releases at the moment, and how Outlaws managed to launch with (comparatively...) few issues. Robert also chats about zombie game '7 Days To Die', and a game which is possibly the complete opposite of that! Meanwhile, Dave has been catching up on some recent TV with the return this week of both 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' for Season 2 and 'Only Murders In The Building' for Season 4. He also reviews the 2nd Season of Netflix comedy 'That '90s Show'.Geektown Radio Episode 432: Star Wars Outlaws, That ’90s Show, Rings of Power, Only Murders Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!Moving over to the news updates, we bring you all of last week's cancellations and renewals, including another frustrating Netflix cancellation, along with Prime Video possibly returning to a popular UK Farm. They also discuss casting for Prime Video's 'Citadel', a TV spin-off from the '... Has Fallen' film franchise, and what on earth is going on with the 'Yellowstone' franchise! All this and more when you listen below!
Interview: Scoring Netflix’s ‘Exploding Kittens’ with Composers Jina An & Shirley Song
34:01|Welcome to a new Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I’m chatting with Jina An & Shirley Song, the composers behind Netflix's brilliant adult animated series ‘Exploding Kittens’.If you haven’t yet caught ‘Exploding Kittens’, the series is inspired by the beloved card game from Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal webcomic, Elan Lee, and Shane Small. After a meeting in heaven, there is a general consensus that Earth sucks, so God (voiced by the wonderful Tom Ellis from ‘Lucifer’) gets fired and sent to Earth to reconnect with humanity. The catch? He’s trapped in the body of a chubby house cat. As part of Godcat’s rehabilitation, he moves in with a dysfunctional family and tries to solve their problems, but ends up spending a lot of time chasing laser pointers. And to top it off, Godcat’s next-door neighbour, who is also a cat, turns out to be none other than his nemesis, the Antichrist. It is brilliant, hilariously funny, and Season 1 is all on Netflix right now!Jina and Shirley have been composing together pretty much since college, and were tasked with creating a soundtrack that captures the show's explosive energy. This also involved them touching on a huge array of musical genres like 8-bit nostalgia, energetic Cajun flair, heavy metal rock, and both choral and orchestral scores to bring the madcap adventures and quirky characters to life.Outside of ‘Exploding Kittens’, the duo are also known for working on the beloved Netflix series ‘XO, Kitty’, and have a number of other projects coming up which we talk about in the interview.Geektown Radio Episode 431: Bad Monkey, Dead City, Inside Out 2, Vikings Valhalla Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!
01:01:38|We are back with episode 431 of the Geektown Radio podcast and Dave is joined by Matt from Entertainment Talk to chat TV, film and games news & reviews!As Daryl's internet is still down (someone wake up Talk Talk's tech support!) Matt is back on the show this week, and has a couple of animated series for review. He's been working his way through 'Solar Opposites' and has just reached the infamous "voice change", so we discuss that. He's also catching up on the beloved 'Archer', as he's a few seasons behind. Meanwhile, Dave has been looking at some newer series, and reviews Apple show 'Bad Monkey', and 'The Walking Dead: Dead City' which just landed on Sky in the UK. He also discusses the 3rd and final season of 'Vikings Valhalla', and reviews the film 'Inside Out 2', which just came out on home release.Moving over to the news updates, we bring you all the last week's cancellations and renewals, including Netflix actually renewing something before the first season has even aired, and Disney cancelling a Star Wars series. We also discuss a possible return of 'Scrubs', Mike Schur and Ted Danson reuniting for a new Netflix comedy, James Spader returning to the MCU, and lots more! Listen below!Geektown Radio Episode 430: Despicable Me 4, Interview With The Vampire, Time Bandits, Slip Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!
44:20|We return once again with episode 430 of the Geektown Radio podcast! Our Film Reviewer Gray is back joining Dave to chat TV and film news & reviews!It's been a couple of weeks since Gray has been on, and, being our film reviewer, he has managed to bring his thoughts on a movie, this time it's 'Despicable Me 4'. He also covers a number of TV shows including reviews of Channel 4 drama 'Suspect' which returned for Season 2 recently, limited drama 'Alice & Jack', also on Channel 4, Japanese reality show 'The Boyfriend' on Netflix, and ITVX reality-jumping dramedy 'Slip', which shows off a lot more of the lead actress than Gray was expecting! Meanwhile, Dave discusses the 2nd Season of 'Interview With The Vampire' which can be found on iPlayer, 'Solar Opposites', which is back for its 5th Season, and Apple TV+ series 'Time Bandits' from Taika Waititi.Moving to the news updates, we bring you all the cancellations and renewals which have happened over the last week, including Netflix actually renewing a couple of freshman shows, and a whole lot more 'RuPaul's Drag Race'! We also talk about Prime Video picking up Disney+'s cast-offs, a new "Golden Girls-esque" comedy from the creators of 'Will & Grace', and ‘Fire Country' getting a very familiar face as a guest star, which could lead to another spin-off. All this and more! Listen below!Geektown Radio Episode 429: Umbrella Academy, Quantum Leap, How Disney Built America Reviews, Plus D23 News, TV News & UK Air Dates!
01:08:15|We return with episode 429 of the Geektown Radio podcast, and Dave is joined by Matt from Entertainment Talk to chat TV and film news & reviews, plus all the news from Disney's D23 Event!Matt returns to the show and brings with him a bunch of TV reviews. He's recently been catching up on Prime Video series 'Upload', which is due back next year for a final season, along with 'Young Sheldon', which is currently airing its final season on E4 in the UK. He also gives his thoughts on Prime Video's 'The Batman: Caped Crusader', and it turns out Dave isn't the only one who struggled with it... Meanwhile, Dave brings another docuseries review having delved through Sky History's 'How Disney Built America', along with some more on-geek-brand shows with reviews of 'Umbrella Academy' Season 4 and 'Quantum Leap' Season 2. He also discusses the "game-changing" Road Builder mod for 'Cities Skylines 2'.Moving on to the news updates, we bring you all the cancellations and renewals this week, which, to be fair, are not many (you can tell we're in the middle of Summer!). We also bring you all the major announcements and reveals from Disney's D23 Event over the weekend. This includes updates on Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and Pixar across film & TV, and even on stage and the theme parks. It's a packed show, and you can listen to it all below!Geektown Radio Episode 428: Deadpool & Wolverine, Exploding Kittens, Brats, Batman: Caped Crusader Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!
59:18|It's been a while, but we are finally back with episode 428 of the Geektown Radio podcast! Our Film Reviewer Gray, who's also been on an extended break, joins Dave to chat TV and film news & reviews!Since Dave has been away on his Summer break, and Gray has been buried under piles of school grading (plus holidays), they have lots to discuss on this first show back. Gray reviews the biggest recent movie release, 'Deadpool & Wolverine', along with catching up with an older movie release, the 2023 Olivia Colman-fronted film, 'Wicked Little Letters'. He also discusses Netflix drama 'Supacell', Apple TV's 'Big Door Prize', 'Doctor Who' and lots more! Meanwhile, Dave reviews Netflix animated series 'Exploding Kittens', and Prime Video's animated series 'The Batman: Caped Crusader'. He also reviews the Disney documentary 'Brats', and discusses 'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon', and the return of 'Interview With The Vampire'.Moving on to the news updates, we update you with all the cancellations and renewals which have happened since we've been off-air. We also bring you a stack of news from last week's SDCC, including all the updates from the Marvel panel, including the return of RDJ, all the news from the 'Star Trek' panel, with updates on 'Strange New Worlds', 'Starfleet Academy', and a new live-action comedy. Plus a surprising amount of updates about 'Dexter'! It's an hour jam-packed full of geeky TV and film news!Geektown Radio Episode 427: The Boys, The Veil, Welcome to Wrexham, Steam Next Fest Reviews, Plus TV News & UK Air Dates!
58:36|We are back with episode 427 of the Geektown Radio podcast, and this will be the last episode until the end of July as Dave heads off for his Summer break. Before that, we have a packed show alongside Matt from Entertainment Talk who returns to chat TV, film, and video game news & reviews!It's been a while since Matt has been on the show, so he as finished a few series since he's been off. One is season two of Apple TV+'s 'Big Door Prize', and the other is Disney+'s brilliant docuseries 'Welcome to Wrexham' (yes... Matt actually gets Dave talking about football!) They also talk about the latest season of '9-1-1', and the possible fate of '9-1-1: Lone Star'. Meanwhile, Dave has a review of Steven Knight's drama 'The Veil' which is on Disney+, and they both discuss the latest season of 'The Boys' on Prime Video and the penultimate episode of 'Doctor Who'. Over on the gaming front, Dave has been working his way through various demos as part of Steam's "Next Fest" including 'Hollywood Animal', 'Republic Of Pirates', and 'Endzone 2'.Moving on to the news updates, we update you with all the latest cancellations and renewals, which sees another ''Power' series bite the dust, 'Brassic' back on Sky, and there will be more Dragons... In the news, we discuss a John Grisham novel coming to the small screen, the expansion of Anne Rice’s “Immortal Universe”, and some high-profile casting for both Apple's 'Hijack' and Paramount's ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’, plus lots more! It is another packed show!
Interview: Krista Perry, Stunt Coordinator for 'Reservation Dogs' Season 3
24:26|Welcome to a new Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I’m chatting with Krista Perry, the Stunt Coordinator for Season 3 of ‘Reservation Dogs’.‘Reservation Dogs’, which is available on Disney+ in the UK and on FX on Hulu in the USA, follows four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob, and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious, and faraway land of California.Krista Perry is a native Californian, who grew up travelling the country at the age of eight for competitive swimming. Finishing out her career as an All American Swimmer in the state of California. There's nothing in the water she has not mastered or attempted. However, she had a rather interesting route into film, which we cover in the interview.The stunt work on the series involved working with the actors so they can confidently execute their stunts, coordinating challenging horse stunts while maintaining set safety, and even locating and casting a horse-riding conquistador!Outside of ‘Reservation Dogs’, Krista has worked on shows and films such as ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, ‘Dark Winds’, ‘Roswell, New Mexico’, ‘Blue Bloods’, ‘The Right Stuff’, ‘Fancy Dance’, and ‘A Creature Was Stirring’.
Interview: Production Designer Ramsey Avery - ‘No One Will Save You’, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
49:12|Hello, and welcome to a new Geektown Behind The Scenes podcast. This week I’m chatting with Ramsey Avery, the Production Designer behind Disney & Hulu’s sci-fi horror film ’No One Will Save You’. Written and directed by Brian Duffield, ‘No One Will Save You’ follows Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever), an exiled anxiety-ridden homebody, who must battle an alien that found its way into her home. What makes the movie particularly unique is that it features only 5 words of dialogue in the entire movie. This made Ramsey’s job an interesting challenge as he needed to help showcase all of the unspoken storytelling through his production design. It meant that his sets and designs had to be intricately planned and executed to make up for lack of words and to use the world around the main character to explain everything from who Brynn is and her backstory to the reasoning behind her choices and her relationships with other people in town with whom she only has a single non-verbal interaction.It’s a fantastic little film, and if you’re in the UK you can watch it right now on Disney+, or in the USA you can find it on Hulu.In the interview, we not only discuss Ramsey’s work on ‘No One Will Save You’, but also his impressive back catalogue of projects including ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’, ‘Minority Report’, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, and ‘Team America: World Police’. He’s also worked on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2’, ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ and the upcoming ‘Captain America: Brave New World’. Plus, he has designed various theme park attractions, including the Avengers Campus at Disney’s California Adventure.